ch. 1. Why the stock market and its efficiency are so important -- ch. 2. How shares are traded and valued -- ch. 3. The efficient capital markets hypothesis -- ch. 4. Market irrationality : bubbles, manias, panics and crashes -- ch. 5. Out-performing the market : the case of mergers and...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical Perspectives -- 1 Characteristics of Corporate Offenders -- 2 Theory of Offending Convenience -- 3 Corporate Deviance Accounts -- 4 Corporate Crisis-Response Match -- Part II: Empirical Studies -- 5 Telia Telecom in Sweden -- 6...

Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- 1. Introduction -- DEFINITIONS -- HOW IS IT DONE? -- HOW MUCH? -- MONEY LAUNDERING AS A LAW EMERGENCE STUDY -- THE FUTURE? -- MONEY LAUNDERING AS A CASE STUDY IN...

What is the purpose of the company and its role in society? From their origin in medieval times to their modern incarnation as powerful transnational bodies, companies remain an important part of business and society at large. Drawing from a variety of perspectives, this book adopts a normative...

Cover -- When Business Kills: The Emerging Crime of Corporate Manslaughter -- CHAPTER 1: The Common Law Framework -- CHAPTER 2: Criminal Legislation -- CHAPTER 3: Using Health and Safety Legislation for Corporate Killing -- CHAPTER 4: Penalties -- Bibliography -- Index -- Ad Page -- Back Cover.

This book provides a critical analysis of visual images of British and international finance during the nineteenth century. Its focus is on the financiers themselves, contrasting the depiction of the respectable Merchant Princes with the less than perfect charlatans (white-collar criminals) who...

Introduction / Barnali Choudhury and Martin Petrin -- Four transformations of the corporate form / Reuven S. Avi-Yonah -- Comparative corporate governance : old and new / Martin Gelter -- Corporation's intrinsic attributes / Christopher M. Bruner -- Understanding the modern company through the...